In the beginning, DHC's programming consisted of reruns of medical- and health-themed programming from other Discovery networks, particularly TLC. As the network matured, it began producing its own reality series, mostly dealing with babies (Babies: Special Delivery, Birth Day), bodies (Plastic Surgery: Before and After, National Body Challenge), and medicine (The Critical Hour, Dr. G: Medical Examiner). DHC also showed episodes of the CBS medical drama series Chicago Hope on a semi-regular basis. DHC also aired fitness-related programming, most of which later spun off to its sister network FitTV. DHC won its first Daytime Emmy in 2004 for its original series about adoptive families, Adoption Stories.
On January 15, 2008, Discovery announced a joint venture with Oprah Winfrey's Harpo Productions to re-launch Discovery Health as OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network, in 2009.[1] After multiple delays, OWN officially launched on January 1, 2011, replacing Discovery Health.[2][3] It was relaunched one month later, merging with FitTV to become Discovery Fit & Health. The network initially took on Discovery Health's programming with FitTV's fitness programming as a complement. It was relaunched in 2015 as Discovery Life, to reflect a generalization of its scope to include life events and family stories.[4][5][6]
References
^"Discovery, Winfrey to Team Up On Network". Washington Post. Retrieved April 29, 2017.
^"Oprah costs Discovery a fortune". New York Post. Retrieved April 30, 2017.
^"Oprah Winfrey's OWN network lineup will aim to offer 'mindful television'". National Post. Retrieved April 30, 2017.
^Steinberg, Brian (2014-07-08). "Discovery to Switch Fit and Health Channel to Discovery Life in January". Retrieved 2016-08-27.
^"Discovery Health Lives On, Combining With FitTV". Multichannel. Retrieved 2018-03-10.
^"Discovery's Fit & Health to Rebrand as Discovery Life". Adweek. Retrieved 2018-03-10.
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discovery, health, channel, this, article, about, former, television, channel, successor, discovery, life, canadian, version, canada, defunct, united, kingdom, version, home, health, ireland, american, subscription, television, channel, launched, july, 1998, o. This article is about the former US television channel For its successor see Discovery Life For the Canadian version see Fyi Canada For the defunct United Kingdom version see Home amp Health UK amp Ireland Discovery Health Channel was an American subscription television channel Launched in July 1998 it was owned by Discovery Communications as a spin off of Discovery Channel focusing on health and wellness oriented programming Discovery Health ChannelFinal logoHeadquartersSilver Spring MarylandOwnershipOwnerDiscovery CommunicationsSister channelsFitTVTLCHistoryLaunchedJuly 1 1998 24 years ago July 1 1998 ClosedDecember 31 2010 11 years ago December 31 2010 Replaced byOWN Oprah Winfrey Network channel space Discovery Life merger with FitTV LinksWebsitehttp www discoveryhealth comIn the beginning DHC s programming consisted of reruns of medical and health themed programming from other Discovery networks particularly TLC As the network matured it began producing its own reality series mostly dealing with babies Babies Special Delivery Birth Day bodies Plastic Surgery Before and After National Body Challenge and medicine The Critical Hour Dr G Medical Examiner DHC also showed episodes of the CBS medical drama series Chicago Hope on a semi regular basis DHC also aired fitness related programming most of which later spun off to its sister network FitTV DHC won its first Daytime Emmy in 2004 for its original series about adoptive families Adoption Stories On January 15 2008 Discovery announced a joint venture with Oprah Winfrey s Harpo Productions to re launch Discovery Health as OWN The Oprah Winfrey Network in 2009 1 After multiple delays OWN officially launched on January 1 2011 replacing Discovery Health 2 3 It was relaunched one month later merging with FitTV to become Discovery Fit amp Health The network initially took on Discovery Health s programming with FitTV s fitness programming as a complement It was relaunched in 2015 as Discovery Life to reflect a generalization of its scope to include life events and family stories 4 5 6 References Edit Discovery Winfrey to Team Up On Network Washington Post Retrieved April 29 2017 Oprah costs Discovery a fortune New York Post Retrieved April 30 2017 Oprah Winfrey s OWN network lineup will aim to offer mindful television National Post Retrieved April 30 2017 Steinberg Brian 2014 07 08 Discovery to Switch Fit and Health Channel to Discovery Life in January Retrieved 2016 08 27 Discovery Health Lives On Combining With FitTV Multichannel Retrieved 2018 03 10 Discovery s Fit amp Health to Rebrand as Discovery Life Adweek Retrieved 2018 03 10 External links EditOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Discovery Health Channel amp oldid 1127000231, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
